Bauchi

Bauchi is a city in northeast Nigeria, the administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau, at an elevation of 616 metres. The Local Government Area covers an area of 3,687 km2 and had a population of 493,810 in 2006.